Standing Together: An Emergency Planning Guide for America's Communities

Community-Based Emergency Management Roundtable Membership

  • Veronica Aberle, M.S.N., R.N.
    Nurse Manager
    Alexandria Health Department
    Alexandria, VA

  • Ross Anthony, Ph.D.
    Associate Director
    Global Health RAND Health Security
    Arlington, VA

  • Robert Bass, M.D.
    Executive Director
    Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services Systems
    Baltimore, MD

  • Commander Daniel S. Beck
    Medical Readiness Manager
    Office of Force Readiness and Deployment
    Office of the Surgeon General
    Rockville, MD

  • Gregory M. Bogdan, Ph.D.
    Research Director & Medical Toxicology Coordinator
    Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center - Denver Health
    Denver, CO

  • Christine Bradshaw, D.O., M.P.H., M.B.A.
    Medical Officer
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Coordinating Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response
    Division of State and Local Readiness
    Atlanta, GA

  • CDR Duane C. Caneva, M.C., U.S.N.R.
    Head, Medical Plans and Policies
    Navy Medicine Office of Homeland Security
    Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
    Washington, DC

  • Christopher Cannon, M.S.N., M.P.H., M.B.A.
    System Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness
    Yale New Haven Health System
    New Haven, CT

  • Paul K. Carlton, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S. (Roundtable Moderator)
    Lt. General, United States Air Force (Ret.)
    Director, Homeland Security
    A&M System Health Science Center
    College Station, TX

  • Ralph Conner
    (formerly) Mayor
    Maywood, IL

  • Charles Cook, L.C.S.W.
    Project Officer
    Emergency Services & Disaster Relief Branch
    Center for Mental Health Services
    Rockville, MD

  • Stephen Curren
    Director, Public Health Security
    Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
    Washington, DC

  • Emily DeMers
    Executive Director
    Emergency Management Accreditation Program
    Lexington, KY

  • Brett Ewig
    Principal Director Health Prevention and Promotion Programs
    Association of State and Territorial Health Officials|
    Washington, DC

  • Michael R. Fraser, Ph.D.
    Deputy Executive Director
    National Association of County and City Health Officials
    Washington, DC

  • Robert Gougelet, M.D.
    Medical Director for Emergency Response
    Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
    Lebanon, NH

  • Kathy Hadlock, B.S.N.
    Nurse Consultant
    Hospital Preparedness Program Manager
    Center for Emergency Response and Terrorism
    Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
    Springfield, MO

  • Ron Hilliard, R.N., L.P.
    Manager, Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program
    Center for Public Health Preparedness and Response
    Texas Department of Health
    Austin, TX

  • Michael Hopmeier
    Chief, Innovative and Unconventional Concepts
    Unconventional Concepts, Inc.
    Washington, DC

  • Ann R. Knebel, R.N., D.N.Sc., F.A.A.N.
    Captain, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
    Senior Program Manager for the Preparedness and Planning Team
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
    Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Washington, DC

  • Howard Levitin, M.D.
    President
    DQE, Inc and Indiana University School of Medicine
    Indianapolis, IN

  • Patrick M. Libbey
    Executive Director
    National Association of County & City Health Officials
    Washington, DC

  • Scott Lillibridge, M.D.
    Principal Investigator
    University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
    Academic Center for Public Health Preparedness
    Houston, TX

  • Rocky Lopes, Ph.D.
    (formerly) Manager, Public Education and Outreach for Disasters
    The American Red Cross
    Community Disaster Education
    Washington, DC

  • Mauricio Lynn, M.D.
    Director for Mass Casualty Preparedness Program
    Medical Director, Trauma Resuscitation Unit, Ryder Trauma Center, Jackson Memorial
    Hospital, University of Miami
    Miami, FL

  • Angela Martinelli, D.N.Sc., R.N., C.N.O.R.
    Commander, USPHS
    U.S. Public Health Service
    Commissioned Corps Readiness Force
    Office of the Surgeon General
    Gaithersburg, MD

  • Richard McCann
    Principal
    McCann & McCann Health Care Consultants
    Chagrin Falls, OH

  • Commander Ludlow B. McKay
    National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program
    Health Resources and Services Administration
    Rockville, MD

  • Gerald Murphy
    Director of Homeland Security and Technology Division
    NGA Center for Best Practices
    Washington, DC

  • James Pearson, Dr.P.H., B.C.L.D.
    Committee Chairman
    Emergency Preparedness and Response Committee
    Richmond, VA

  • Enrico L. Quarantelli, Ph.D.
    Research Professor, Disaster Research Center
    University of Delaware
    Newark, DE

  • Irwin Redlener, M.D.
    Associate Dean & Director
    The National Center for Disaster Preparedness
    Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
    New York, NY

  • Karen Roth
    Senior Director
    Office of Behavioral Health, New York City
    Health and Hospital’s Corporation
    New York, NY

  • Gili Shenhar
    Director
    CERBERUS ENTERPRISES, LLC
    Israel

  • Chief John Sinclair
    Chairman EMS Section
    International Association of Fire Chiefs
    Puyallup, WA

  • Sue Skidmore, R.N.
    Product Manager Consulting Services
    DQE, Inc.
    Arlington, VA

  • Rick Smith
    Director
    Division of Healthcare Emergency Preparedness
    Health Resources and Services Administration
    Rockville, MD

  • Terri Spear
    National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program
    Health Resources and Services Administration
    Rockville, MD

  • Leslee Stein-Spencer R.N., M.S.
    Director, Health Systems Programs
    Community Research Associates
    Chicago, IL

  • Gina Swehla
    Training Center Manager
    Illinois Department of Public Health
    Springfield, IL

  • Boaz Tadmore
    CERBERUS ENTERPRISES, LLC
    Israel

  • Joe Waeckerle
    Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
    Clinical Professor
    University of Missouri Baptist Medical Center
    Baptist Lutheran Medical Center
    Leawood, KS

  • Mike Wahl, M.D.
    Administrative Medical Director
    Illinois Poison Center
    Chicago, IL